Lovren banned from the social media outburst against Spain

ZURICH: Croatia defender Dejan Lovren has been banned for one
international match over comments he made on social media about
opponents Spain following his side's 3-2 Nations League win in
November.

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller and Ajax Amsterdam
defender Maximilian Woeber will miss both legs of their teams'
respective Champions League round of 16 ties after being banned for
two European games following red cards last month.

Mueller will sit out the tie against Liverpool and Woeber misses
his side's clash with Real Madrid.

Lovren posted a video on Instagram where he appeared to brag about
elbowing Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos and made insulting
comments about the Spain team following the game on March 15.

He also told reporters after the match that Spain were "rude on the
pitch" and bad losers.

UEFA said that Lovren had fallen foul of a clause in its
disciplinary rules which penalises anyone "whose conduct is
insulting or otherwise violates the basic rule s of decent
conduct."

He was suspended from Croatia's next UEFA competition match, which
is the Euro 2020 qualifiers at home to Azerbaijan in March.

Despite the win, Croatia finished bottom of Group A4 after losing
their final game to England and were relegated to League B of
UEFA's new competition.

Mueller was given a straight red card for a high kick on Nicolas
Tagliafico during Bayern's 3-3 draw against Ajax and was banned for
two European club matches. Woeber was dismissed in a separate
incident of the same match.